On the recordMarch 10, 2014
I love that. Never bet against America's ability to innovate, to be resilient, to be industrious. So I continue on this editorial written by four past Republican EPA Administrators: The president also plans to use his regulatory power to limit the powerful warming chemicals known as hydrofluorocarbons and encourage the United States to join with other nations to amend the Montreal Protocol to phase out these chemicals. The landmark international treaty, which took effect in 1989, already has been hugely successful in solving the ozone problem. Rather than argue against his proposals, our leaders in Congress should endorse them and start the overdue debate about what bigger steps are needed and how to achieve them-- domestically and internationally. As administrators of the E.P.A. under Presidents Richard M. Nixon, Ronald Reagan, George Bush, and George W. Bush, we held fast to the common-sense conservative principles-- protecting the health of the American people, working with the best technology available and trusting in the innovation of American business and in the market to find the best results for the least cost. Highlighting the Senator's words. That approach helped us tackle major environmental challenges to our nation and the world: the pollution of our rivers, dramatized when the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland caught fire in 1969; the hole in the ozone layer; and the devastation wrought by acid rain. These are all points just made by the Senator from New Mexico.…
